Hand spooling apparatus



y 1936- P. G. G. BEYER 2,042,381

HAND SPOOLING APPARATUS Filed 00 18, 1954 4 T 12 2 7 a 5 W Mvnvm Patented May 26 1936 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE Application October 18, 1934, Serial No. 748,954 In Denmark October 18, 1933 1 Claim.

This invention relates to a hand spooling apparatus which pulls out the yarn from the hanks or skeins stretched on a vertically revolving reel and winds it up under a slight tension into a ball of windings laid crosswise and very near to the balls axis, in order that the windings may not slip off and thus cause entanglement of the yarn.

The figure shows a side elevation of the apparatus.

I is a base to which is fastened a support 2 of fiat iron provided with a pivot 3, on which is turned a spindle 4 having a socket 5 in which a ball 6 and spiral spring "I are seated; the spindle carries a friction disc 8 and a tubular spool ID with a hook 9.

An inclined shaft H having attached a rubber roller I2 is journaled in the support 2 and carries a crank wheel IS with handle l4, revolving movement being transmitted to a perforated wheel l5 with rubber tire and also to a winding arm I 6 made of metal wire that has been shaped into eyelets l1 and I8.

The yarn hanks are hung on some reel (not 25 shown) and from there the yarn end is brought down and passed through the wheel I5, the eyelets l1 and f8, and finally it is fastened to the' hook 9.

By turning the crank wheel l3 the yarn will be unwound from the reel and wound around the spool In into a ball with crossed windings.

When, for example, five hanks or skeins have been wound into a ball, it is slid off the spool l0, whereby the end of the yarn inside of the ball is being pulled out, and thereupon it is unhooked.

The hand spooling apparatus may be fastened by a' screw 22 to a handle, not shown, instead of to the base I.

What I claim is:

spooling apparatus, comprising a frame having a horizontal portion and an inclined portion, a vertical spindle adapted to rotate on the horizontal portion of the frame, a winding wheel adapted to rotate on the inclined portion of the frame, the axis of the winding wheel being perpendicular to the inclined portion of the frame, a winding arm attached to the winding wheel and extending over the spindle, the winding wheel being apertured to permit the material to pass therethrough and onto the winding arm, and means for simultaneously rotating the spindle and the wheel, comprising a. crank wheel in contact with the winding wheel, whereby the material is wound on the spindle in a criss-cross manner to produce a ball of oblong cross-section, the inclined portion of the frame making a very large acute angle with the horizontal portion, whereby the windings are laid as nearly parallel to the axis of the spindle as the passage of the winding arm about the spindle will allow.

PETER GEORG GROVE BEYER. 

